ICYMI: Friday Roll Up
Kathryn Blume
31 Mar 2019
“This is about equal rights. Whenever you pick a certain group and treat them differently, that is discrimination. Patients, renters, the poor, people of color and women are still marginalized for their cannabis use, despite legalization.”
– Madeline Martinez, Executive Director of Oregon NORML
Welcome To The Weekly Roll Up – A Compendium of The Week’s Cannabis News
Vermont
Heady Vermont Co-Founder Eli Harrington wins Best Vermont Activist award at Boston NECANN
Vermont Colleges Look To Bring Cannabis Into The Classroom
VTCNA Health Tip: As Onion Snow Melts, Cannabis Gardening Begins
Pepper Lee CBD: Awesomeness In A Jar, Handmade With Love
How green is your weed, Vermont?
House Committee advances bill to decrim buprenorphine
State colleges get in on cannabis certification class boom
Scott administration pushes for pot youth prevention funding
Regional
Connecticut
- Lawmakers weigh legalizing adult use
- Public pushes lawmakers to focus on equity
- Lawmakers Approve Legalization In Key Committee
- Committee adds opioid withdrawal as MMJ qualifying condition
Maine
Massachusetts
- 1st recreational shop in Boston area open
- Paltry pot sales hardly a surprise to would-be consumers
- Globe ed board urges lawmakers to ensure equitable industry
- Globe Spotlight Team found companies sidestepping ownership limit
- POT TAXES REQUIRE POT STORES
- Brookline recreational shop not the ‘apocalypse’ predicted
- MA probes companies over license accumulation
New Hampshire
- Legalization Bill Clears Another Major Hurdle
- Dispensary doesn’t agree with own lobbyist on patient grows
New Jersey
- New Jersey Cancels Legalization Vote
- New Jersey NAACP prez calls for legalization
- Whoopi Goldberg op-ed calls for legalization
- ACLU-NJ: Advocates Redouble Effort to Legalize After Pulled Vote
- 12 Months from Now, Recreational Will Be Easy to Pass
- Legalization Failure: ‘Public has not been educated’
- Newark Officials Ponder Alternatives
- Why the Plan to Legalize Unraveled
- Elected dimwits pass on pot, here’s why they’re dimwits
New York
- NY Pauses Legalization, Social Justice Advocates Press On
- 10 ways to ensure equity in NY cannabis industry
- NY Only Pretends It Wants Diversity In Cannabis Companies
- Illinois chapter of NAACP tells NY to just say ‘no’
- MMJ businesses fighting for priority in adult-use market
- Rochester City Council backs legalization with conditions
- Legalization Supporters Rally At Capitol
- Elitist ‘Country Club Cannabis’ Pop-Up Appears
Advocates Create ‘Elite’ Cannabis Club In Push For Social Equity
National
Animals
Arts/Entertainment
Business
- 93% of Canadian cannabis company board seats held by men
- The Costco of Cannabis
- Peak Extracts: Tantalizingly Authentic Cannabis Terroir
- Cannabis, psychedelics get a second look from Big Pharma
Cannabis
- Cannabis can’t be certified organic — but it can be called kosher
- Cannabinoids That Aren’t THC
- Will Dumping Weed On A Campfire Get Everyone High?
CBD
Commerce
- Youth cannabis-themed sweatshirt appears on Walmart website
- CVS selling cannabis-based products in 8 states
Culture
- Why The Fader Installed CBD Vending Machines at SXSW Concerts
- Margery Eagan on having a pot shop 5 minutes down the road
- Seth Rogen launches weed company
- Charlie Sheen launching cannabis brand called “Sheenius”
- Tom Brokaw uses MMJ to deal with back pain
- A Guide to the World of Cannabis, from Dispensaries to Dinner Parties
- Chris Evans Has ‘Chilled Out on Weed’
- 100 Most Influential People in Cannabis
- Kwame Brown Arrested for Pot Cookies … and Other Weed Stuff
Driving
- WRT cannabis use and driving, it’s not as simple as a ‘legal limit’
- New study: legalization has impacted road safety
Economics
Education
Events
Fashion
Federal
- House Committee Chair says legalization vote will happen
- Diversity Provisions Added To Banking Bill
- Surgeon General Adams has concerns with legalization
- People lining up to grow cannabis for research
- House committee bars agencies and contractors from asking about criminal records before offering jobs
Finance
Food & Bev
- New cannabis users eat too much because edibles take time to kick in
- Cannabis-Infused Pizza
- Food Infused With Cannabis Extract Takes a Hit
Health
- Will smoking cannabis make you psychotic? Not likely
- MMJ and Parkinson’s Disease Event
- Clearing the air on cannabis
- AHPA adopts Guidance Policy on CBD
Hemp
- Hemp Authority Awards Seal For 13 CBD Companies
- Farmers struggle to keep up with demand for industrial hemp
- 5 Other Uses for Hemp
- Hemp shows a bright future for farming family
- Hemp Giving Renewed Life To Tobacco Farmers
History
Hypocrisy, Prevarication, and Outright Lies
Labor
Law Enforcement
- Legalization Keeps Law Enforcement Honest
- Pot or hemp? Local police lack technology to tell difference
- Cops keep arresting truck drivers after mistaking hemp for cannabis
Legalization
- The only reason to make growing at home illegal is corporate greed
- Majority of Republicans Support Legalization
- Centre for Social Justice’s Cannabis: The Case Against Legislation
Medical
- MMJ, Opioids and Non-Opioid Pain Management
- Can You Donate or Receive a Kidney If You Use Cannabis?
- Oral THC Mitigates Night Sweats
Military/Veterans
Podcasts
- Cannabis Business In Michigan
- 7 Must-Listen Podcasts About Weed
- The Takeaway
- Tenants in the Cannabis Business are Good to Have
- Waiting Is Not An Option In The Cannabis Industry
- Will Texas Finally Go to Pot?
- Cannabis Gaining Acceptance Across Europe
Presidential Campaign
- Where Pete Buttigieg Stands On cannabis
- Yang proposing decrim possession of opioids
- O’Rourke wants to visit NV stores to see what legalization looks like
- Hickenlooper says feds must allow cannabis banking
- Hickenlooper claim about cannabis use rates in CO is “Half True.”
Politics
Science
Seniors
- More seniors seek pot for age-related aches
- MMJ Access Linked To Greater Employment Among Older Adults
Sex
Social Justice
Social Media
Social Responsibility
Sports
- What pushed David Irving to pick weed over Cowboys
- Doctors, ex-players push NFL to change its pot policy
- Golfer Robert Garrigus suspended over positive cannabis test
Studies
- Nearly Half of Anxiety Patients Find MMJ More Effective Than Pills
- Support rises in all age groups for legal pot
- States With More Immigrants More Likely To Legalize
- THC use does not reduce immune function in people with HIV
- CBD can help with TBI trauma
- Cannabis improves motor functions after nerve compression injury
Technology
Women- Women naturally drawn to MMJ
- Cynthia Salarizadeh, Cannabis Entrepreneur
- The LA Women of Weed
- Working in weed lets their families live the high life
- Women in cannabis are breaking the ‘grass ceiling’
- Find The Good People, The Smart People, The Nice People To Work With
- Cannabis offers promise for endometriosis
- 1933 Industries’ Ester Vigil Honored In Women of Weed Awards
States
Alabama
Arizona
- House of Reps defeated bill clarifying legality of edibles
- House Committee increasing dispensaries in rural areas
- Activists push industry to uphold social responsibilities
Arkansas
California
- Gov says it’s time to crack down on illicit market
- Pop-Up Helping Athletes Incorporate Cannabis Into Recovery
- LA County expands smoking ban to vaping tobacco and smoking pot
- LA May Launch New War On Weed
California – First Nations
Colorado
- Did cannabis use spike after legalization?
- Cannabis-related ER visits jump threefold after legalization
- Lawmakers Tackle Black Market For Delivery
- House Committee OKd social consumption areas
Florida
- Could hemp deliver salvation for farmers?
- Senate Committee advanced hemp legalization bill
- Florida bank closing MMJ group’s account
- With smokable MMJ legal, GOP House looks to restrict highs
Georgia
- Senate bill allows hemp cultivation and CBD extraction
- Senate Committee bill allows sales of CBD MMJ oil
- Georgia is one step closer to approving MMJ
Guam
- Senate approves additional fees on MMJ
- Catholic Church against legalization
- Senate expected to vote on legalization bill
- Archbishop Says Legalization Would Ruin ‘Identity of Our Island’
- Guam 1st US Territory In 2019 To Send Legalization To Gov
Idaho
Illinois
- Illinois NAACP chapter president opposed to legalization
- Bill Would Make MMJ Program Permanent
- Cannabis issue sparks debate
- We need jobs — treat cannabis like other regulated substances
- Voters support legalization, 66%-32%
- Studies underestimate cannabis demand
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
- LSU gets ok to move MMJ grow into larger facility
- MMJ backers demand product by May 15
- Pro-MMJ vets upset about CBD advisory
- Legislator proposes industrial hemp bill
Maryland
- Stalemate between Baltimore prosecutors and police force
- MMJ company suing to stop awarding new cultivation licenses
Michigan
- Legal Market Will Be Uncompetitive With Illegal Dealers
- State shouldn’t set driving limit for pot
- Lake Superior State U putting $1M for Center for Cannabis Science
- Grand Rapids to raise African-Americans’ stake in cannabis boom
- Will legalization redeem lives ruined by war on cannabis?
- Top cannabis regulator ran state’s MMJ program
- Midwest Farmers Unions support hemp cooperative
Minnesota
Missouri
- MMJ program releases rules for facilities
- Cities Hear MMJ Zoning Questions
- House Committee approved hemp expansion bill
- House of Reps approved expungement bill
- How to pick who gets dispensary license?
Montana
Nevada
- Vegas business owner pitches weed on wheels
- Lawmakers filed a cannabis banking bill
- Gov. Sisolak supporting greater transparency in licensing
- U.S. attorney for NV refused to rule out cannabis prosecutions
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
- Farmers back hemp legalization
- Why aren’t Ohioans rushing to buy MMJ?
- Dayton decreases number of possession charges
- Senate unanimously approved hemp bill
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Activists file cannabis rights initiative
- Hemp, Inc. holds educational seminar
- Ballot Initiative: Justice with Legalization
- Hood River Hotel’s Cannabis Package
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee
Texas
- Texas to legalize hemp
- TX Medical Assn wants cannabis rescheduled and expand CBD access
- Committee Approves Decrim
- DEA looking for contractors to burn cannabis
Utah
Virginia
Washington
- Regulators updated list of allowed cannabis pesticides
- US Supreme Court won’t examine WA Supreme Court ruling re: denial of cannabiz license because of criminal history of owner’s spouse
West Virginia
Wisconsin
International
Barbados
Canada
- Surge in cannabis use among youth preceded legalization
- Why do Canadians hate to buy cannabis online?
China
- Hemp forum to be held in Heilongjiang Province in July
- Officials issued a warning about the trading of cannabis-related stocks
Europe
- Europe’s weed and CBD market tipped to soar over 2400% and 400%
- European MMJ Conference Launches This Fall
France
Hong Kong
India
Ireland
Israel
Kenya
Liberia
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
Philippines
Spain
UK
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